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/ˈspɪnəkə/ · noun
(nautical, sailing) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind..
On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.
We spinnakered out into the Atlantic and, fortunately, the wind died as night fell.
Use spinnaker when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spinnaker means (nautical, sailing) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind..
Common synonyms include spinney.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.
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